Hawker Hind
The Hawker Hind was a slight British biplane bomber and served as a training aircraft later.
The Hawker Hind was used as an interim solution for a light bomber of the Royal Air Force until 1937, better machines, such as the Bristol Blenheim and Fairey Battle were available. She was the last biplane bomber of the RAF.
The first flight was on 12 September 1934. Starting from 1935 it was delivered in great numbers to the RAF and the Auxiliary Air Force. Overall, Hawker Hind were 558 built, many of these exported again.
The Hind had a structure of steel and duralumin, which was covered with fabric. When engine was a 640 hp Rolls- Royce Kestrel V
After the dismissal as a light bomber, the machines were used as training aircraft. After a pilot had completed his basic training on a Tiger Moth, the Hind was the next big machine in the education chain. Some Hinds were also used for towing gliders.
At the beginning of the Second World War, many Hinds were still in training service until 1942 they were withdrawn.
Museum aircraft
Today flies a former Afghan Hawker Hind at the Shuttleworth Collection. Another is on display at the RAF Museum in Hendon. Three former New Zealand Hinds were restored by the Subritzky family in Dairy Flat near Auckland. Other machines still exist in Afghanistan.
Military user
- Kingdom Afghanistan 1931 Afghanistan: 28 from 1938 to 1957
- Iran 1925 Iran
- Ireland Ireland
- Canada 1921 Canada
- Latvia Latvia
- New Zealand New Zealand: 78 ordered, but only 63 were put into service since 15 were destroyed by enemy action in the transfer
- Portugal
- South Africa 1961 South Africa
- Switzerland Switzerland
- United Kingdom United Kingdom